to ease off
121letup — Synonyms and related words: abatement, abeyance, abridgment, allayment, alleviation, arrest, assuagement, attenuation, blunting, breach, break, breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time, caesura, calming …
122let up — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cease, release, slow down; see slow 1 , stop 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To grow or cause to grow gradually less: abate, decrease, diminish, drain, dwindle, ebb, lessen, peter (out), rebate, reduce, tail away… …
123slow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. time consuming; dull witted, dense (sl.); tardy, sluggish; slack, leisurely; tedious, boring. See slowness, ignorance, lateness, weariness.Ant., fast, quick witted, bright. v. slacken, moderate,… …
124subside — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. sink, fall, ebb, lower; abate, lessen; settle, precipitate. See descent, decrease. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. recede, sink, dwindle, wane; see ebb , fall 1 . See Synonym Study at wane . III (Roget s 3 …
125moderate — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not expensive] Syn. inexpensive, low priced, medium priced, reasonable, within reason, modest, inexorbitant, not excessive, not dear, average, nominal, at par, usual, inconsiderable, marked down, at a bargain, half price …
126let up — informal 1) the rain has let up Syn: abate, lessen, decrease, diminish, subside, relent, slacken, die down/off, ease (off), tail off; ebb, wane, dwindle, fade; stop, cease, finish 2) …
127backpedal — Synonyms and related words: arrest, back, back away, back off, back out, back up, backtrack, backtrail, backwater, brake, check, clip the wings, countermarch, crawfish out, cry off, curb, decelerate, delay, detain, dodge, draw rein, duck, ease… …
128backwater — Synonyms and related words: Charybdis, Maelstrom, abjure, arrest, back, back away, back down, back off, back out, back stream, back up, backcountry, backflow, backpedal, backtrack, backtrail, backwash, backwoods, boondocks, brake, bush, check,… …
